At home in Southland, where our story begins. She wants to show the public how diverse the region has become. “Everywhere I go, everywhere I photograph, there are people living in Southland from all over the world. It’s important to educate people on who is here. We see their national costumes, we eat their food, we hear their songs. They are part of us now.” Frewen-Wilks said migrants had played a massive part in developing Southland, from the Belgians who helped build the Bluff Wharf, to Pacific Islanders who worked at meat plants in the region, to the Dutch who brought their trades skills, to the Filipinos who worked in the health and farming sectors.
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Vernon Jordan appears on CBS s “Face the Nation” in November 1980, six months after an assassination attempt at the Fort Wayne Marriott.
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In this Aug. 22, 1993, photo, President Bill Clinton is consoled by White House adviser Vernon Jordan after Clinton hit a bad shot at Farm Neck Golf Club in Oak Bluffs, Mass. Previous Next
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Civil rights leader Vernon Jordan dies
Was 85; survived sniper s bullet at city hotel in 1980
TOM PELLEGRENE JR. | The Journal Gazette
Vernon Jordan, the civil rights leader and former National Urban League president who was nearly slain during a May 1980 shooting in Fort Wayne, has died at age 85.